[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR157.5]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
 PART 157_APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY 
 
   Subpart A_Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and
 
Sec. 157.5  Purpose and intent of rules.

    (a) Applications under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act shall set 
forth all information necessary to advise the Commission fully 
concerning the operation, sales, service, construction, extension, or 
acquisition for which a certificate is requested or the abandonment for 
which permission and approval is requested. Some applications may be of 
such character that an abbreviated application may be justified under 
the provisions of Sec. 157.7. Applications for permission and approval 
to abandon pursuant to section 7(b) of the Act shall conform to Sec. 
157.18 and to such other requirements of this part as may be pertinent. 
However, every applicant shall file all pertinent data and information 
necessary for a full and complete understanding of the proposed project, 
including its effect upon applicant's present and future operations and 
whether, and at what docket, applicant has previously applied for 
authorization to serve any portion of the market contemplated by the 
proposed project and the nature and disposition of such other project.
    (b) Every requirement of this part shall be considered as a 
forthright obligation of the applicant which can only be avoided by a 
definite and positive showing that the information or data called for by 
the applicable rules is not necessary for the consideration and ultimate 
determination of the application.
    (c) This part will be strictly applied to all applications as 
submitted and the burden of adequate presentation in

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intelligible form as well as justification for omitted data or 
information rests with the applicant.

[17 FR 7386, Aug. 14, 1952, as amended by Order 280, 29 FR 4876, Apr. 7, 
1964]